4:54 PM,
Oct. 5, 2010

This undated photo released by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows inmate Michael Benge.

Written by

Eric Bradley
ebradley@enquirer.com

A Butler County man who beat his girlfriend to death with a tire iron, dumped her body in the Great Miami River and stole her ATM card to buy crack cocaine was denied clemency Tuesday, a day before his scheduled execution.